Current Affairs Quiz 2010 - 51

1.  Horst Koehler is on a week-long visit to India, he was the president of _______?

a)Canada     b)Russia    c)Italy    d)Argentina   e)Germany

2.  A/c to the Latest State of Forest Report (SFR), India’s forest cover rises to over ____?

a)19%    b)21%    c)24%    d)26%   e)28%

3.  A/c to the data published by the WAN-IFRA, which among the following Country is the Biggest Newspaper Market in the World?

a)China    b)US    c)India   d)Russia    e)UAE

4.  A/c to a Report, how many Crores needed for MSME(micro, small and medium enterprises) to help it recover from the aftermath of the Global economic Slowdown?

a)1,000    b)2,000   c)3,500   d)5,500   e)8,000

5.  With which country India has signed an agreement for oil and gas exploration and decided to strengthen cooperation in Information Technology in February 2010?

a)Hungary    b)Norway    c)Algeria   d)South Africa   e)UAE

6.  Which Life Insurance Company has launched the Child Plan ‘I-Genius’?

a)SBI Life Insurance   b)Max New York Life Insurance    c)LIC   d)Tata AIG Life Insurance   e)ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

7.  Which City hosted the 11^th International Communists and Workers meet?

a)Kolkata    b) Thiruvananthapuram    c)Chennai   d)Delhi   e)Shimla

8.  India stands at which place in the Latest Corruption Index, released by Transparency International?

a)34^th    b)123^rd    c)134^th    d)49^th   e)84^th

9.  Which of the following is a Light Combat Aircraft(LCA)?

a)Astra    b)Akash    c)Tejas   d)Pruthvi   e)Brahmos

10. Which Country had announced that it had decided to construct 10 more Uranium enrichment plants in the country?

a)North Korea    b)India    c)Iran    d)South Korea   e)China

11. Which country tested the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile(Dongfeng 31-A)?

a)China   b)North Korea    c)Taiwan    d)Sweden   e)Australia

12. The European Commission granted a $1 billion loan to which trouble-torn African nation?

a)Lebanon   b)Nigeria    c)Sudan    d)Botswana   e)Zimbabwe

13. Recently Union government has banned the prepaid mobile phones in which of the following state?

a)Arunachal Pradesh    b)Sikkim   c)Jammu & Kashmir   d)Assam   e)Meghalaya

14. What is the amount fixed by the TRAI for availing Mobile Number Portability(MNP) facility?

a)Rs. 11   b)Rs. 19   c)Rs. 21   d)Rs. 25   e)none of these.

15. The Total number(approximately) of mobile subscribes in India at end of the December 2009 is ________?

a)49 crores    b)52 crores    c)56 crores    d)61 crores   e)none

16. India has signed an Extradition Treaty in January 2010 with _________?

a)Nepal    b)Malaysia    c)Bangladesh    d)Singapore   e)none of these

17. Which state government adopted the Public Property Bill in November 2009?

a)Gujarat    b)Rajasthan  c)Tamilnadu   d)Andhra Pradesh   e)none of these

18. Lafarge is the World’s largest cement manufacturer. It belongs to which country?

a)France   b)Switzerland   c)Germany    d)Mexico   e)Italy

19. Who is the author of the book ‘The Grasshopper’s Run’?

a)Sujan Kaur    b)Nitasha Kaul    c)Sarah Palin    d)Vinita Kamte   e)Siddhartha Sarma

20. Recently which cricketer completed 11,000 runs in Test cricket?

a)Jacques Kallis    b)Rahul Dravid    c)Ricky Pointing   d)M Jayawardene   e)none of these.